Lip stick



1934- A. MITCHELL 1,970,615

LIP STICK ii v f Filed May 23. 1931 I VENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented UNITED STA Aug. 21, 1934 LIP STICK August Mitchell, New York,

N. Y., assignor to Scovill Manufacturing Company, Waterbury, Conn., a corporation of Connecticut Application May 23, 1931, Serial No. 539,470 2 Claims. (Cl. 206-56) This invention relates to certain improvements in containers for holding lipstick or like plastic material.

. These lipstick holders or containers as heretofore commonly used .include a casing in which there is a paste holder with means for protruding the paste stick from the holder and retracting it therein, these casings being provided with a cover. These covers are usually of two types, either the slip-cap, that is, a cap which is held on the casing by friction only, or the hinged-cap in which the cap in addition to being frictionally held is also hinged to the casing.

To use holders of these types, it is necessary for the user to either remove the slip-cap or lift the hinged-cap and then operate the devices by which the stick may be protruded from posed to use ated to lift down along the casing. It has also been proa pivoted cover which may be operthe cover and then slide the cover the outside of the stick to protrude the paste stick. This construction is more or less complicated,

and is liable to get out of order due to the pivoting of the cover.

It is the especial object of the present invention to improve holders of these types in which the holder is so constructed that the movement of protruding or retracting the lipstick or paste stick opens and closes the end of the holder without the use of a pivoted cover so that the holder may be manipulated by one hand, the part carrying the paste stick acting to open and close the end of the holder.

Thus a woman user, for instance,

can readily manipulate the stick with one hand and hold a mirror with the other, one hand being free.

A further object of the invention is to produce bodying the invention;

Figure 2 is a front view; Figure 3 is a front end view; Figure 4 is a central sectional view on an enlarged scale, of Figure 2, sition;

the section being taken on line 4-4 showing the lipstick in retracted po- TES PATENT OFFICE Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 4 showing the stick in protruded position; v

Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 6--6 of Figure 4;

Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 'I--7 of Figure 4;

Figure 8 is a perspective view of part of the construction shown in the other figures;

Figure 9 is an end view toward the left in Fig. 8;

Figure 10 is a view of the of the same locking mechanism employed for projecting and retracting the lipstick and closing the end of the casing, and

Figure 11 is a detail view showing a guard or guide for the projector shown in Figure 10.

Referring now er or container selected to to the drawing, the lipstick holdillustrate the invention includes a housing comprising an open ended rectangular outer casing 1 and an insert within the casing. Associated with the insert,

for example by being an integral part thereof, is an end member 2 forming an end closure for one end of the housing. ing is rounded and has a The other end of the housdischarge opening 3.

In accordance with the invention in its entirety, the housing is capacitated to hold a sleeve which acts as a support for the length of the paste stick,

and there is provided a connection which can be manually operated, by one side of the casing for longi hand, from the outtudinally moving the paste stick and at the same time opening and closing the orifice 3, this connection carrying a cup in which one end of the paste stick is inserted,

which connection,

when manually operated, closes the distributing orifice when moved in one direction and opens the jects the paste stick direction.

distributing orifice and prowhen moved in the opposite The mechanical construction of these parts may be somewhat varied in size and shape,

pending on the size and shape of the stick of paste or the like whiohis to A convenient arrangement, which the parts are assembled is that shown in be used in the holder. however, and one in few in number and easily the drawing and will be described as illustrative of the preferred form of the invention.

As illustrated, there is secured in the housing, as by soldering to the side walls of the insert 1*,

as indicated at 4 in Figure open at each end, the opening at the sleeve 5-which is front or forward end corresponding substantially with the distributing orifice 3 of the -casing 1, as shown at 6 inFigure 4. This sleeve is,-for purposes hereinafter referred to, provided with a longitudinal slot 17, best shown in Figure 8.

Supported to have a longitudinal movement in the sleeve 5, is a paste holder or cup 8 capacitated to carry a stick of lip-paste or the like, marked 9. In the construction here shown as an example, a second holder or guard for the lipstick is shown, marked 10, which is removable through the distributing openings 3 and 6, so that a fresh lipstick and member 10 may be inserted in the cup 8 if desired for refilling.

In accordance with the invention in its entirety, this stick cup is movable in the sleeve, so as to protrude and retract the stick, and the mechanism by which this is effected will be such that it can be preferably manually operated with one hand and so arranged as to close and open the distributing orifice 3 in the casing when it is manually operated in the proper direction to effect such movements.

In the construction here shown as an example,

sliding between the housing and the sleeve 5 is a flexible strip of metal or other suitable material, to which is connected a thumb-piece 15 by a stem 16. The thumb-piece is located outside the housing, the stem 16 working in a slot 7 in the casing 1. The ends of the slots serve as stops to limit movement in either direction. The carrier cup 8 is secured to the flexible strip in any suitable manner, as by a head pin or rivet 18 which works in slot 17 in sleeve 5. I

As the flexible strip is moved by movement of the thumb-piece its forward end is guidedin an arcuate path by being confined between the end of the housing and the shaped end of sleeve 5. At

the other end of the holder a guiding path for the and a separate arc-shaped insert 19 which may be secured in place in any suitable manner, as by soldering.

It will be seen that the flexible strip is so dimensioned that its free end covers the discharge opening 3 when the thumb-piece is in extreme advanced position. In this position the paste carrier is withdrawn so that the pastestlck is completely housed. As the thumb-piece is drawn down, the consequent movement of the flexible strip withdraws the free end of the strip to exopening 3 and advances the carrier cup to protrude the paste stick to a position for use (Fig. 5). A reverse movement of the thumb-piece withdraws the paste stick and advances the free end of the strip to cover the opening again. i It will be seen that with the construction shown nd illustrated a very simple and eflicientholder has. been produced which may be manually operated with one hand to open and close the holder, and in which there are no pivoted parts the end of the housing in liable to get out of order, and a strong, rigid structure has been produced and one in which the parts may be readily assembled. It will be noted that in the best constructions the guard 10 is made of sufilcient dimensions, as shown in Figure 5, so that when protruded it can readily be grasped and removed from the cup 8 for refilling.

It will, of course, be understood that while the invention has been shown and described in its preferred form, various changes may be made in the specific construction and arrangement of the parts and the invention is not therefore to be limited to the particular shape of paste holder shown, or to the specific construction and arrangement of the parts illustrated, but that these may be varied within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

What I claim is:

1. In a paste holder, and in combination, a. housing element comprising an open ended casing, a housing closure U-shaped part the legs of which telescope inside the casing and the bottom of which constitutes a bottom closure for the casing, the other end comprising a substantially for a paste stick slidable in actuating unit for the carrier comprising a strip of flexible material guided in a given path and connected with said carrier and a thumb-piece located outside the casing and connected with said strip, .the casing having a slot for said connection, said flexible strip being dimensioned to cover said discharge opening when the carrier is in withdrawn position and to expose said opening upon advance of said carrier.

2. In a paste holder, and in combination, a housing element comprising an open ended casing, a housing closure comprising a substantially U-shaped part the legs of which .telescope inside the casing and the bottom of which constitutes a bottom closure for the casing, the other end of the housing serving as a discharge opening, a cup-shaped carrier for a paste stick slidable in the housing, an actuating unit for the carrier comprising a strip of flexible material connected with said carrier and a thumb-piece located outside the casing and connected with said strip, the casing having a slot for said connection, said flexible strip being dimensi d to cover said discharge opening when the er is in withdrawn position and to expose said opening upon advance of said carrier, and means forguiding said flexible strip including a separate arc-shaped guiding element located in the base of said U-shaped part.

AUGUST MITCHELL.

a cup-shaped carrier the housing, and an 

